Indigenous American Activist, Madonna-Thunder Hawk

Born In 1940 As Madonna Philips, Thunder Hawk Was Born On The Yankton Sioux Reservation

She Hails From The Feather Necklace Tiospaye(Extended Family) & Belongs To The Ochenumpa Band Of The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe

TH Was An Early Proponent Of The Red Power Movement, She Took Part In The 1969-71 Occupation Of Alcatraz With The Goal Of Official Policy Of Indian Self-Determination

Madonna joined the AIM (American Indian Movement) in the early years and was present at the AIM’s occupation of the Wounded Knee

TH Was A Member Of The Pie Patrol, A Group Active In AIM, & Was Referred To As “Loud - With Cityness, Media Conscious And Hogging The Limelight”

Alongwith Lorelei Decora She Founded We Will Remember Survival School (WWRSS) To Provide A Safe Place For American Indian Youth With Troubled Background

The Alternative Model Was A Component Of The National Federation Of Native-Controlled Survival Schools That Were Established During The Movement As A Native Alternative To The Government Run Education System

Madonna Also Is A Cofounder Of The Black Hills Alliance Responsible For Preventing Union Carbide Corporation For Uranium Activity On Sacred Lakota Land & The Developers Wishing For The Area

Combined Efforts Proved The Existence Of Dangerously High Levels Of Radiation In The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation Water Supply & Resulted In The Implementation Of A New Water System

In 2004, Madonna Joined With Romano Institute To Form The Lakota People’s Law Project (LPLP) With The Goal Of Encouraging More Vigilant Enforcement & Reform Of The Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA)

She strived to enable more Lakota children to continue living with their families or at least on their ancestral homelands in the Reservation

Madonna Created Wasagiya Navin Or “ Grandmother’s Group” To Assist In Preventing The Unlawful Extraction Of Children From Tribal Nations

In 2016 Madonna Joined The Movement Against The Dacota Access Pipeline And Provided An Inspiring Presence At A Resistance Camp In North Dacota

She is also a founder of the Warrior Women Project (WWP)

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